No. 3-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College and Lourdes University (Ohio) combined for 55 runs and 57 hits as the Grizzlies swept a Sunday doubleheader 15-10 and 17-13 at the Grizzly Baseball Complex.

The Grizzlies have won eight straight games and scored 57 runs during four games this weekend.

GGC came into Sunday's first game leading 7-1 after the previous evening's game was suspended. The hosts scored four unearned runs in the second inning in building the early lead. They would later push across five runs in the seventh inning to close out the victory.

Senior second baseman Kyle Harvey, junior first baseman Tate Kight and junior center fielder Cord Johnson each collected three hits from the bottom of the lineup in the game. Junior right fielder Livingston Morris drove in three runs and tallied three hits to lead the team's 18-hit offensive attack.

Things got even more wild in the second game, with senior left fielder Griffin Keller connecting on a three-run home runs in the seventh inning to push the Grizzlies ahead 13-12 lead. That came one inning came junior right hander Nick Barnes cleared the bases with a triple down the right field line as GGC regained took a short-lived 9-8 lead.

Lourdes (0-3) scored two runs in the fifth and sixth innings before taking a 12-9 lead behind a four-run seventh inning. Gabe Scott scored four runs and Bryce Gargus drove in four runs for the Gray Wolves from northwest Ohio.

GGC added four insurance runs in the eighth inning to close out the productive weekend.

Keller went 3-for-4 with six RBI and scored three runs. Junior shortstop Gabe Howell scored four runs from the leadoff spot in the batting order.

Senior reliever Hunter Caudelle struck out four batters in 2.1 innings to pick up the pitching victory.


  "It was a huge day for our offense. We still have things to work on with both sides of the baseball. The at-bats by Nick and Griffin were game-changing. The guys are building confidence throughout the lineup. It was good to see them come through in clutch situations," said Head Coach Jeremy Sheetinger.
  The two teams changed leads through four consecutive half-innings in the second contest. With GGC trailing 12-10 in the seventh inning, senior Griffin Keller connected on a 3-2 pitch for a three-run home run over the right field fence to give the hosts a 13-12 lead that they would not relinquish.
  First Game
Bottom of First
Livingston Morris gave GGC a 2-0 lead with a two-run single
 
Bottom of Sixth
Tate Kight hit a two-run single to give the hosts a 10-3 lead
 
Bottom of Seventh
Nick Barnes brought home a pair of runs with a double
Myles McKisic hit a run-scoring double to score Kyle Harvey
 
Second Game
Bottom of Sixth
Nick Barnes cleared the bases with a triple to right field, giving the Grizzlies a 9-8 lead
 
Top of Seventh
Bryce Gargus hit a two-run single to center field as Lourdes took a 12-9 lead
 
Bottom of Seventh
Griffin Keller connected on a three-run home run as GGC regained the lead, 13-12
 

• GGC registered 33 hits across the two games, highlighted by 18 hits in the first contest
• The team recorded 15 stolen bases in Sunday's doubleheader
• Senior outfielder Griffin Keller scored six runs and went 5-for-8 in the doubleheader
• The Grizzlies scored runs in 11 of the 16 offensive innings

• GGC improves to 8-2 in 2021; Lourdes stands 0-3 this spring
• The Grizzlies were ranked No. 3 in the NAIA Top 25 preseason poll
• The team has scored in the first inning in nine of the 10 games this spring and tallied 24 runs in that opening frame
• GGC has won eight straight games

Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to host No. 5 Tennessee Wesleyan University on Wednesday, February 24, at the Grizzly Baseball Complex, starting at 3 p.m.